Game Council responds to ABC's Four Corners hunting report

The New South Wales Game Council says anyone with concerns about illegal hunting needs to report incidents in a timely manner.

The ABC's Four Corners program reported on Monday that residents bordering the Maragle State Forest, near Kosciuszko National Park had presented the council last year with a list of 31 incidents and had been unhappy with its response.

The Council says it has increased patrol activity and installed covert cameras in the area, but it was not provided with sufficient detail to follow up many of the allegations.

In response to questions from the ABC, a spokeswoman has issued a statement saying the incidents spanned many years and had never been officially reported.

The statement says that the Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson instructed the Game Council to investigate the 31 incidents, which it did with assistance from the NSW Police.

Local Liberal MP Greg Aplin says he is not entirely happy with the response.

"If there are endangering incidents occurring they need to result in some action being taken," he said.

He says he would like the Game Council to be more proactive.

The Game Council says it will liaise with residents in the area about their specific allegations and, where possible, make further inquiries.